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North Dakota’s economic success goes beyond its energy sector. The state’s pro-business climate gets some of the credit for the impressive job growth over the last five years. Whatever North Dakota is doing, it’s working, and the state should be a nationwide model.

At the midpoint of this estimate, almost half of the 3 trillion barrels of oil would be recoverable. This is an amount about equal to the entire world’s proven oil reserves.”

This election isn’t just about jobs, jobs, jobs. It’s about the lies, lies, lies that have led to massive job destruction — and the ruthless corruptocrats using our tax dollars to whitewash their radical green agenda. – Michelle Malkin

The Obama administration continues to block drilling where it can but Texas, North Dakota and Pennsylvania have an energy boom resulting in thousands of jobs and billions in new tax revenues. Wherever the federal government manages higher percentages of land oil industry jobs have been reduced dramatically. The only thing standing in the way of expanding US production is the federal government.

Currently, 56% of the U.S. trade deficit is the result of oil imports. Two hundred billion dollars of American wealth is transferred overseas every year to countries that don’t like us very much. If current Obama Administration policies don’t change soon these numbers will only get bigger. Regardless of these numbers the Obama Administration only wants to hear about green energy.

How can Obama say he wants to create new jobs when he is destroying jobs every single day right now.

Alaska Governor Sean Parnell said “the federal permitting system is broken and we are paying the price. These appeals are not all about protecting the environment”

The reduced number of shallow-water oil drilling permits issued by the government could place as many as 40,000 jobs at risk and cost the region $4.3 billion in lost wages and revenues.

Landrieu blamed the administration’s drilling ban — put in place as administration officials review new federal drilling standards in the wake of the Gulf of Mexico spill — for economically hurting the region more than the spill itself.

Jindal told reporters: “The experts all agree, we can end this moratorium before six months. Let’s put our people back to work.”